Cask-rinser.



Patented 0ct.y22, I90l. .1. G. HEHB. CASK RINSER. (Appnmimil med Aug.2s, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHAN G. IIEHR, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- THIRDS TOEDWARD J. VILSACK AND JOHN J. OREILLY.

CASK-RINSER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 685,137, dated October22, 1901.

- Application iiled August 23 1900. Serial No. 27,749. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHAN G. HEER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented or discovered new and useful Improvements inCask-Rinsers, of which the following is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings,' which make part of this specification,Figure I isa xo section on line I I of Fig. II. Fig. II is a plan view.Fig. III is a detail plan view of valvedisk and lever in dottedlines,'showing the valve closed. Fig. IV is a similar view showing thevalve open.

The object of my invention, generally stated, is to provide means forthe rinsing of casks by an operative mechanism easily controlled, simplein construction, and positive in action.

1 represents a valve-box; -1', an inlet; 2, a valve-seat having ports 22, and 3 a valvedisk having ports 3 8. Disk 3 is rigidly secured tovalve-stem 4.

4 is the axis of stem 4.

5 is a spring surrounding valve-stem 4 and resting on disk 3.

6 is a spud screwed into the valve-head 7 8 8 are packing-rings in astuffing-box formed in the spud 6.

8 is a screw-cap for packing the rings 8 8.

9 is a casting having Iianged portion 10, a passage 11, stuffing-boxseat 12, and stuiingbox 13.

14 is a rotatable tube having inlet at 14 35 and exits 142 142. Y

15 is a collar secured to tube 14.

16 is a sleeve.

17 is a ring seated at 12.

18 is a lock-nut screwed on the tube 14,

4o holding the ring 17 and sleeve 16 tight between itself andthe collar15.

19 represents packing-rings.

2O is the follower, and21 2l are bolts for forcing the follower 2O downon the packingrings 19 19.

22 is a rack on which casks are placed while being rinsed. This rack issecured to the tube 14 and revolves with it.

23 is a projection on one of the bars 24 24 of the rack. Pivotallyconnected to projection 23 and lever 26 is rod 25. Lever 26 by means ofits square opening is secured to the shank 27 of valve-stem 4. 'Theposition of the valve-opening in Fig. I shows the continuous passage forwater as follows: through inlet 1 into box 1, through ports 3' 3 and 2 2into passage 1l, then up tube 14, and out exits 14? 142. By referring toFig. II and assuming a cask was on the rack 22 and the tube 14 insidethe cask being inserted through the bung-hole the position of thelever-valve is open, as seen in Fig. IV. Then by turning the rack 22toward the lever attachments it would -push on rod 25. Rod 25 wouldthrough its pivotal connections turn lever 26, and lever 26 beingattached to valve-stem 4 would turn the stem, and it having thevalvedisk 3 rigidly attached near its lower end would 'turn and cut offthe flow of water through the ports 2 2', as shown in Fig. III.

Various changes may be made in the form and arrangement of the variousparts by the skilled constructor in' the art and the basis of myimprovement still remain.

Having described my invention, I claim- In cask-rinsers, the combinationof avalve, a tube suitably inclosed in a stufng-box, a hollow base, theoutlet of said valve and the inlet of said tube connected to said hollowbase, a rack secured to said tube, a lever secured to the stem of saidvalve, a rod secured to said rack and said lever whereby the rotation ofthe rack operates the valve.

Signed at Pittsburg this 10th day of August, 1900.

JOHAN Gr. HEI-llt.

Witnesses:

GEO. H. HARVEY, M. W. OARKEY.

